Anzin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
| Canton | Anzin (main town) | |
| Community association | Valenciennes Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 3 ° 30 ′ E | |
| height | 18-60 m | |
| surface | 3.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 13,305 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,655 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59410 | |
| INSEE code | 59014 | |
| Website | https://www.anzin.fr/ | |
 Church of Sainte-Barbe in Anzin |
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Anzin ( Flemish : sing to ) is a French municipality with 13,305 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Anzin .
geography
Anzin is a suburb of Valenciennes and lies on the canalized Scheldt on the edge of the Hainaut . Anzin is surrounded to the east and south by Valenciennes. In the west are the municipalities of Petite-Forêt and Raismes , in the northwest and north Beuvrages and in the north and northeast Bruay-sur-l'Escaut .
history
Finds from the Bronze Age indicate an early, prehistoric settlement. With the Gallic War , the Romans came to the area. Remains of a temple of Isis were found on the hills near Anzin, the destruction of which can be dated to the time of Emperor Valentinian I (around 369).
Today's Anzin is mentioned as Anzinium 877. With the conquest by the Normans, the Scheldt becomes the border river to the Holy Roman Empire .
At the Battle of Valenciennes in 1566/67 (start of the Eighty Years War ), the Spanish troops gathered on the hills of Anzin.
From the 18th century, coal mining became an important branch of industry.
With the industrial decline in the former coal region, the city has seen a decline since the 1960s.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 16,275 | 15,634 | 14,866 | 14,602 | 14,064 | 14.052 | 14.051 | 13,479 |
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Attractions
- Church Saint-Barbe
- Theater , built in 1934
- Hôtel de Ville , built in 1874
- Dampierre Castle (Monument historique since 2009 and part of the World Heritage " Mining Basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais ") with Parc Mathieu
Anzin Theater
Mairie from Anzin
Dampierre Castle in Anzin
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Personalities
- Jean-Jacques Desandrouin (1681–1761), entrepreneur
- Pierre du Buat (1734–1809), engineer, mine director
- Charles Dubois (1890–1968), military, head of the Swiss intelligence service (before 1936 and 1950–1960)
Community partnerships
- Boussu , Wallonia, Belgium, since 1985
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 45-47.
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